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Hi all,
We are trying to use a FT230x CBUS3 to control the BOOT status of a STM32F215.
The boot pin of the STM32 is tied to 0V via a 10K pull down.

The internal pull up of the FT device is used to toggle the boot pin. I have attached a diagram.

We are seeing a voltage of 0.5V which does not meet the requirements for the VIH of the STM32 to register as a logic 1. It has the following criteria 1.75V<VDD<3.6V

However, when the pull down is changed to 100K we get around 2.2V.

I have measured the value of the internal pull up of the FT230 by measuring the current going into the CBUS3 pin and VCcIO is 3.3V. Which is around 66K.

This all makes sense. My question is why when the pull down is at 10K can I still enter boot mode when the voltage going into the STM32 is 0.5V? Sometimes it fails.

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Don't look only at DC values, consider superimposed noise. To be clearly sensed as low, input voltage must be < Vil, range between Vil and Vih is uncertain.

It may be helpful to place a small filter capacitor (e.g. 1 nF) across the input.
 

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Hi,

3.2 MBytes for a couple of lines....
But no link to datasheets.

Rajinder1268 said:
The internal pull up of the FT device is used to toggle the boot pin.
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Why. Using the pullup when there is an external pull down makes no sense.
Why not properly drive the pin?

Rajinder1268 said:
It has the following criteria 1.75V<VDD<3.6V
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This is the "safe" area. This does not mean there is no grey area outside where it still detets HIGH.

Rajinder1268 said:
why when the pull down is at 10K can I still enter boot mode when the voltage going into the STM32 is 0.5V?
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I doubt this. 0.5V should be clean LOW condition.
The BOOT pin may have a special function regarding pull down and sampling timing. You need to read the datasheet.

Klaus
 

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We are toggling from 0 to 1. To get into bootloader mode. However it sometimes enters this state when the Boot0 is at 0.5V. Which is confusing. With the 100K pull down it works all the time.
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We have the pull down but need to toggle Boot0 to a logic 1 to get into the system memory where the bootloader resides.
 
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FvM said:
Don't look only at DC values, consider superimposed noise. To be clearly sensed as low, input voltage must be < Vil, range between Vil and Vih is uncertain.

It may be helpful to place a small filter capacitor (e.g. 1 nF) across the input.
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Hi,
The Boot0 is at 0V via the 10K. However, it's when try entering the Bootloader by switching it via the FTDi device. The voltage jumps to 0.5V, which is nowhere close to the ViH of the STM32, minimum is around 1.25V.
We scoped this too. But at 0.5V some units enter bootloader? I can't understand it.
 

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Hi,

Instead of complaining about the obvious - the levels are not valid - why not simply "solve" the problem.
--> Just drive the FT230x correctly HIGH and LOW. And every problem is gone - no need to worry anymore.

Read it´s datasheet how to do it properly.

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Don´t get me wrong.. What is so difficult to post a link to the datasheet?
Now I did a search, found one.
And what did I see?
1.75V<VDD<3.6V
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This is not VIH, but the test condition to specify VIH. It describes the power supply.

VIH_min is specified as:
0.17VDD+0.7
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Now if VDD = 3.3V, then the valid level for VIH starts at 0.17 x 3.3V + 0.7V which is 1.26V.


Pretty close at your 0.5V. Thus what you see is quite expectable.
(in green: corrected after post#7)

Klaus
 
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Do you not add the 0.7V, this is what I did?
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Rajinder1268 said:
Do you not add the 0.7V, this is what I did?
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Do I not need the ViH of the STM32? Not the FTDi?
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Rajinder1268 said:
Do you not add the 0.7V, this is what I did?
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Do I not need the ViH of the STM32? Not the FTDi?
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Ask we are putting the STM32 into Boot mode?
 

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Rajinder1268 said:
Do you not add the 0.7V, this is what I did?
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My bad. You are correct. I now corrected post#6.
But "where" did you do this? In post#5 you talk about 1.25V but no information where this value comes from.

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Do I not need the ViH of the STM32? Not the FTDi?
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This is STM32 specification. I no where used FTDI specification.
The "i" in "ViH" means "input". Input is at the STM32 side.

Again, again, again: Drive the FTDI correctly!!!! It´s annoying that you permanently ignore the solution.
And if it does not work, tell why!

Klaus
 

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Hi,
The design was done before I joined the company. Now they are finding issues and I am left to solve them. They don't want a PCB respin.
 

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Vil= 0.43 V max Choose a lower voltage.
False assumptions.

Replace 10k with <= 6k8 to get <= 0.41 for Vil = 0.43 V max = 0.1 * Vdd+0.1 V
 

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i’m late to this discussion, but what i’m reading is:
1) OPs design has a 66K pullup into a 10K pull down, i.e., a voltage divider, which gives the incorrect input voltage.
2) Sometimes the input senses a high, some times not.
3) OP refuses to drive the input correctly.

Am I missing something?
 

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Perhaps, unstated other requirements for the 10k resistor.

I mistook that he wanted to Vil when it is Vih, so why have a pull-down resistor at all, if the FT230X C port has 66k pullup.

Vih = 1.26 V min = 0.17 * Vdd+0.7 V If you must terminate input with a pull down resistor for some other reason, choose a value to exceed Vih with noise margin.
 

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I believe it has been already explained how it's possible that you measure 0.5 V DC but the boot input is triggered though.

I understand that you are asking how to modify the circuit so that bootloader control works reliable.
I expect it's possible by increasing pull-down resistor plus connecting a parallel capacitor as noise filter.

At least when you want a "quick and dirty" solution without PCB modification.

Happy developing!
 

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D.A.(Tony)Stewart said:
BOOT0 has lower thresholds than I/O ports.
Vil= 0.43 V max = 0.1 * Vdd+0.1 V
Vih = 1.26 V min = 0.17 * Vdd+0.7 V
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This is where I got the 1.26V for ViH.
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The pull down is to keep the BOOT 0 pin at 0V, then switched to logic 1 via the FTDi. This has the effect of accessing the bootloader in system memory.
 

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So what you are telling us is that the FT chip is incapable of driving more than 0.5V across a 10K resistor.

But the FT chip has a 66K pull-up, which means the MINIMUM voltage you’ll see is 0.5V. You’ll NEVER SEE LEES THAN 0.5V, if what you say is true.

MAYBE you’ve got a 66K resistor IN SERIES with the FT output, not a pull-up?
 

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Rajinder1268 said:
This is where I got the 1.26V for ViH.
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The pull down is to keep the BOOT 0 pin at 0V, then switched to logic 1 via the FTDi. This has the effect of accessing the bootloader in system memory.
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The simply #9 shows the correct Thresholds for 0 and 1 and so you ensure the FTDI drive current is adequate to pull up the voltage above 1.26V. With the minimum programmable drive current is +/- 2mA with Voh = 2.97 and Vdd=3.3 V , you have no problem driving 3.3k pull down up to 3V with < than 1mA

Solution : Change 10k to 3.3k unless you need to conserve power then 6.6k maximum.

* The I/O drive strength and slow slew-rate are configurable in the MTP memory.

 

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Why 6.6K max?The higher the pull down resistance, the lower the required current, right?
 

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